These men quickly landed at No.1 Dock.
"There they land---they're unfurling the American Flag!" breathed Dave Darrin in his chum's ear.
Another cutter landed at another dock; then a launch rushed in alongside.

It came the turn of the first launch from the "_Long Island_" to move in to berth at No.1 Dock, and Trent piled his party ashore, the launch immediately afterward being backed out and turned back to the "_Long Island_." Within fifteen minutes a thousand marines and sailors had been landed.
"But where is the Mexican resistance ?" murmured Danny Grin, impatiently.
"Where is the excuse that was to be furnished us for fighting ?" That "excuse" was to come soon enough!.